Published on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by Robbi One of our favorite gifts , good for the gardener, for anyone with a green thumb, or just about anyone else that you love and care for is a tree. Perpetual ways to honor someone exist in the Plant a tree for them method of saying you care. When my mother passed away unexpectedly in August of this year, being unable to have been there before it happened and unable...

Published on Sunday, January 10, 2010 by Robbi There are many different types of bulbs we can grow both indoors and out. Bulbs blooming indoors during the hard frosty weather of winter are particularly welcome. Many types of spring bulbs can be forced indoors so that they will bloom in winter. There are even special bulbs whose main aim it is to bring color and fragrance into the living room during the winter s...

Published on Saturday, December 12, 2009 by Robbi One of the most important aspects of successfully landscaping a yard or garden, particularly a smaller garden, is choosing your plants. If the garden itself is the meal, then the colors and the textures are the flavors that mingle in that "meal". Successfully landscaping a small garden means creating elements that can be used to a specific purpose, such as scree...

Published on Saturday, September 26, 2009 by Robbi Remember when terrariums were popular? Mid seventies and everyone had one. Those who didn't have one, wanted one. Those same terrariums which were popular back them, have not only made a comeback but a strong one. They are easy to build, easy to maintain, look striking in a living room or on a patio and now, more than ever you can find some of the most intriguing c...

Published on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 by Robbi Water gardens are thought of as notoriously difficult to accomplish, hard to maintain and taking a lot of space to build. The reality is that they can be done on a smaller scale nearly as easily as a larger one. A water gardencan take up a small spot in your yard, just a corner of it it if you like, even if its a small yard. The smallest water featured garden I've ...

Published on Monday, February 4, 2008 by Robbi When you are out walking in the wood or the fields, there is a great way of drying what you picked up along the way.This old faithful is particularly good for drying yellow or white flowers such as dogwood or yellow roses. More useful than you may know is the old tried and true favorite detergent. (more...)...

Published on Saturday, February 2, 2008 by Robbi Broccoli is a pretty easy vegetable to grow. A member of the same family as cabbage, cauliflower and brussels sprouts, broccoli like cooler weather and tends to flower, bloom and go to seed too early if it is in full sun or too hot weather, so its perfect for an area that is shaded part of the day. (more...)...

Published on Friday, February 1, 2008 by Robbi Growing native is a simple way to minimize your labor in the garden as well as draw in native animals and birds., From the desert to the prairie, to the northeastern or northwestern alpine forests, you can plant native and get a great look that takes so much less effort for you. In addition, you can find these plants nearly anywhere in that given area, and when yo...

Published on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 by Robbi Rock Gardens are modeled on the high mountain terrain, where you will find colonies of wildflowers, alpine blooms and bushes thriving on the cool sunny dry slopes of the mountain side. (more...)...

Published on Monday, January 28, 2008 by Robbi Native plants are a wonderful choice for your landscaping project regardless of whether you have a tenth of an acre, or twenty acres in the country, because they seem to have a resonance that is lacking in the less natural landscaping projects. (more...)...

Published on Monday, January 28, 2008 by Robbi A butterfly garden is not necessarily a big endeavor, nor does it take a vast amount of space. You can have a small nook in the back of a larger garden, or can take a small yard and use the whole thing to lure in the butterflies to your yard. (more...)...

Published on Thursday, January 24, 2008 by Robbi Medieval gardens were a source of pleasure and also were utilitarian being the main source of fresh fruits and vegetables for the castle or homes occupants. Walking gardens in the castle or manor grounds were common in ancient times, and using a bit of imagination, we can emulate what they did there, and make our own medieval sights and scents in a small corner in ou...

Published on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 by Robbi A Rock garden is a unique way of capturing both the imagination and the senses with its interesting combination in scents and textures.  They grow well in smaller spaces so a rock garden is perfect for a corner of your yard, or for a small yard.  They take a bit less care when placed correctly, and survive cooler climates admirably. (more...)...

Published on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 by Robbi Window boxes are bright and cheery, old world ways to dress up the outside of your house, but did you know they also can brighten up the inside, as well as being useful to grow smaller bulbs, keep winter herbs and flowering plants to cheer the winter months? (more...)...

Published on Monday, January 21, 2008 by Robbi You can save vast sums of money on dried flowers and vines if you choose to dry your own.  Nearly anywhere that you purchase them, due to how many flowers it takes to make an arrangement as well as how long they take to dry, they will be quite costly,and can be dried yourself for about a fifth of what it will cost you to purchase a nice arrangement or a bouquet of dr...

Published on Monday, January 21, 2008 by Robbi Birds like several different things which you can add to your garden area, regardless of its size, or even to your small patio garden to lure, or draw them into your vision, among them, some cover, something to use to nest with, a sure supply of food and water for bathing and drinking. (more...)...

Published on Monday, January 21, 2008 by Robbi Apartment dwellers and sububanites as well may have nothing more to grow on, than a balcony or patio, but you can still have a display that will astound your family and neighbors alike even in this small space. All it takes is a bit of preplanning and some imagination. (more...)...

Published on Monday, January 21, 2008 by Robbi Bromeliads are a class of plants that are unique to themselves. They can be grown on a tree, in a pot or factually pretty much anywhere which makes them perfect for small spaces. There are over two thousand species that are recognized as bromeliads, and they can range in size from a tiny two inch tall plant to gigantic items hat are over thirty feet tall. (more...)...

Published on Friday, January 18, 2008 by Robbi As we get closer to spring and have a few days of warmer weather, anyone who loves to grow things will think about starting seeds. My first project is usually starting a few herbs in pots and placing them on a sunny windowsill. Basil is among my favorite because there are so many varieties and it is quite easy to grow. While most people think of basil as being trad...